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auburn

auburn

64 3.9
A warm red-brown color often used to describe hair
  • noun
  • /ˈɔːbərn/
translation icon : castaño rojizo
  • But now, the freckles are gone and everybody says my hair is auburn now.

But the four colors in this set are Auburn Jean, so it's kind of like a brownish wine color, Black, bronze and Navy.

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Examples

  • 5'7", auburn hair, beautiful brown eyes.

  • A youngish man with dyed auburn hair walks up to us and unlocks the rusted gates.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • All he really registered was the auburn hair and the troubled green eyes.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I say "MCR1," you would say "Auburn hair."

  • You with your raven black hair and me with my auburn.

  • Her auburn rinse is no longer a secret in Surbiton.

  • And the head and face of this picture did look like the auburn-haired Peggy.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • She's about your height and weight, got your same beautiful auburn hair, and she's smart enough and pretty enough to win men over in short order.

  • Joanne sat propped on high pillows, her auburn hair, darkened by grease, falling limply to her shoulders.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • She was known for her striking auburn hair that shimmered in the sunlight.

Synonyms

reddish brown
vsauburn
1 2.5

A brown color with a slight red tint

is mainly used to describe hair rather than general color use
rosewood
vsauburn
1 4.5

A deep reddish-brown color like the wood used in furniture

is lighter in tone and mainly used to describe hair

How Reddish-Brown

mahogany
3 4.4
auburn
64 3.9
chestnut
6 4.0
brown
52 1.0

Surface Forms

auburn singular
auburns plural

Etymology

Auburn comes from the Latin root albus, which once meant 'white', but the word's sense changed over time to mean a warm 'reddish-brown' color. That's why the noun auburn names that brown-red shade, often used for hair or animal fur.